Business and the labour market

Dr Rita Griffiths is Research Programme Lead for the IPR. “Anyone who thinks Jobcentres are like [those in The Full Monty] … would be pleasantly surprised by visiting [one today],” quipped Damian Green, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions...

Professor Sue Maguire is Honorary Professor at the IPR, and is distinguished by her important work on the topics of education, employment and social policy. Way back in 1988, the Thatcher government, through the Social Security Act, took most young people...

Dr Rita Griffiths is a researcher at the Institute for Policy Research (IPR). Her PhD focussed on the relationship between family structure and the UK means-tested social security system. How would you feel if, by living with your partner, you...